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Electrifying cavities

Nature Nanotechnology volume 9, pages 169–170 (2014)Cite this article

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A design that allows electrical contacts to be created on semiconductor microphotonic structures brings quantum networks based on semiconductor single photon sources one step closer.

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Figure 1: Dot in a pillar.
Figure 2: Micropillar with electric contacts2.

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  1. Ruth Oulton is at the H. H. Wills Physics Laboratory and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanoscience and Quantum Information Building, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1FD, UK,

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